Presidency insists Tinubu is not facing criminal trial in US records case
The Presidency has rejected claims that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is facing a criminal case in the United States, maintaining that the legal proceedings currently before a Washington, DC court concern only the disclosure of government records under the US Freedom of Information Act. The clarification was contained in a statement issued on Thursday by […] The post Presidency insists Tinubu is…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been told by the Nigerian Presidency that he is not currently facing a criminal case in a US court over the disclosure of government records. The clarification came from the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, who stated that the legal dispute is a civil matter under the US Freedom of Information Act.
The lawsuit, filed by American transparency activist Aaron Greenspan, stems from Greenspan's 12 Freedom of Information Act requests made between 2022 and 2023. The case began in 2022 when Greenspan sought documents from six US agencies related to a Chicago heroin trafficking investigation from the 1990s involving Tinubu and three others.
In April 2025, Judge Beryl Howell ruled that the agencies' initial "Glomar" responses were "neither logical nor plausible," compelling the FBI and DEA to release the requested records. The Presidency explained that certain documents are protected by legal exemptions, including Grand Jury proceedings and attorney-client privileges.
Onanuga emphasized that the outcome will be determined by Judge Howell based on the evidence, applicable law, and the parties' arguments, not influenced by political figures or media speculation.
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